Our research focuses on how language varies across time, space, society and communicative context, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. We look at variation and change in vocabulary, grammar and styles in spoken, written and signed languages.
Areas of research include:
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Dialectology
- Genre, register and style variation
- Language evolution
- Lexical and grammatical change
- Sign language sociolinguistics
Lecturer in corpus-based sociolinguistics
Professor of Corpus Linguistics
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
Reader in Stylistics
Student Experience Academic Lead for ELAL
Senior Lecturer in Historical Linguistics
Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Linguistics
Deputy Director of the Centre for Corpus Research
Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics
Acting Director of PGR for ELAL
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
Head of English Language and Linguistics
Associate Professor in Cognitive Linguistics